Thinking of Moving West - I guess CO is out

My wife and I have been wanting to move out west for a while now. We're finally taking a trip out there this summer. We're going to CO with some friends who are from there. But, we plan to drive around and look at some other places.

Now, with all the gun talk lately, I've soured on CO, as beautiful as it is. Am I right in ruling CO out? I know that's really what my wife has in mind right now. I can probably sway her to another state though if I have a good argument.

Anyway, I like Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, and maybe Utah and Arizona.

re: Thinking of Moving West - I guess CO is out(Posted by DonChowder on 4/9/13 at 12:47 pm to Teague)

Oregon might be a good option for you. There are two very different side of the state....west of the cascades (wetter, cooler summers) and east of the cascades(hotter and drier). It's beautiful like CA, great outdoors action and not quite as liberal as CA. (psst...stay away from CA, it'll make you crazy)

re: Thinking of Moving West - I guess CO is out(Posted by Nodust on 4/9/13 at 12:51 pm to Teague)

If you have family in Bama and would be flying back home to visit. Or them flying to visit you keep in mind flights can get expensive to some locations. Anywhere Montana is expensive to fly I know that from experience, Wyoming about the same unless you want to drive up from Denver. Denver, Salt Lake and Albuquerque are reasonable flights.